Category Archives: Terrorism

The Untested Shoulders

Posted on December 9, 2008 by adeolumen

High-minded campaign promises have a strange way of giving way to hard-core governing realities.  Global Jihad against Western Civilization is one of the hardest of those realities.  As we look ahead to the President Obama’s task of governance, I encourage … Continue reading →

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Thankful for Progress Made Under GWB

Posted on November 26, 2008 by adeolumen

As I I look ahead to the most American of holidays, Thanksgiving, I look back at the past eight years and must agree with this analysis by Peter Wehner: The appeal of bin Ladenism is waning — and if you … Continue reading →

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Terrorism, Iraq, Pluralism, and Vision (revised election reflection)

Posted on November 18, 2008 by adeolumen

Why does pluralism matter? Yesterday I spoke with a marine who served and was wounded in Iraq.  He has told me many times that even when he was there, he did not have a clear and compelling vision for why … Continue reading →

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9/11, 12/4, Al Qaeda, and Iraq

Posted on September 12, 2008 by adeolumen

From our friend Daveed Gartenstein-Ross at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, this exclusive translation of a series of letters between al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Islamic State of Iraq leader … Continue reading →

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Engaging the War of Ideas (Part 4: What of Pluralism?)

Posted on July 30, 2008 by adeolumen

My last post produced meaningful and detailed conversation on many fronts in the “war of ideas” and has prompted Jesurgislac’s new post articulating why pro-choice is the only moral option.  Please read that and stay tuned for ongoing discussion here … Continue reading →

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Drugs & Terrorism

Posted on July 28, 2008 by adeolumen

It makes sense that the connection between Drugs and Terrorism is growing: Of the forty-three officially designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has linked nineteen of them to some aspect of the global drug trade, and … Continue reading →

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Engaging the War of Ideas (Part 3: The Military Challenge)

Posted on July 24, 2008 by adeolumen

I am very interested in comments on this post Winning the War with Islamic Fanaticism from the Counterterrorism Blog, especially the concluding paragraph: If Israel and the West are to succeed in defeating Islamic fundamentalism, which seeks to return the … Continue reading →

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Engaging the War of Ideas (Part 1: The Conscience)

Posted on July 9, 2008 by adeolumen

Where is your place in the current war of ideas with radical Islam? Continue reading →

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New Media and Global Jihad

Posted on June 10, 2008 by adeolumen

In this post on new media and the election, I observed that young people’s adeptness with the tools of viral influence will be a driver in an increasingly citizen-driven government. This could be decisive in the coming election (though young … Continue reading →

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A Hypocritical and Dangerous Google? (udpated)

Posted on June 3, 2008 by adeolumen

Updated 6/4/08: Inquiring minds want to know more (see PS at bottom) On May 19, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman called on Google to remove Internet videos produced by terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda from its YouTube subsidiary. Google did not … Continue reading →

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